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  • proper noun A tribe of Native Americans, most populous in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
  • proper noun Their Caddoan language, which is almost extinct.
  • noun A member of this tribe.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the largest city in Kansas; located in southern Kansas on the Arkansas River
  • noun the Caddoan language spoken by the Wichita
  • noun a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas

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Examples

  • WICHITA, KS - JULY 9, 2010: Diego Ballesteros from Spain left in his bed at Wesley Hospital talks with Doug and Julie Alliman on his last day in Wichita, Kansas on

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2010

  • WICHITA | A former Wichita municipal court officer who took bribes to alter computerized records is expected to learn her punishment this week.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2010

  • WICHITA, KS - JULY 9, 2010: Diego Ballesteros from Spain left in his bed at Wesley Hospital talks with Doug and Julie Alliman on his last day in Wichita, Kansas on

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2010

  • WICHITA, KS - JULY 9, 2010: Diego Ballesteros from Spain left in his bed at Wesley Hospital reacts to a shirt signed by people from Wichita as Ben Sciortino right which is fronting the money for Ballesteros to return home to Spain on his last day in

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2010

  • WICHITA | A former Wichita municipal court officer who took bribes to alter computerized records is expected to learn her punishment this week.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2010

  • WICHITA, KS - JULY 9, 2010: Diego Ballesteros from Spain left in his bed at Wesley Hospital reacts to a shirt signed by people from Wichita as Ben Sciortino right which is fronting the money for Ballesteros to return home to Spain on his last day in

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2010

  • WICHITA - Saturday night's Alan Jackson concert at the new Hartman Arena will go on as scheduled -- as long as Jackson makes it to Wichita after his show tonight in St. Louis.

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2009

  • WICHITA | A Wichita woman who accused a police officer of offering to get a case dismissed in exchange for sex apparently secretly recorded their conversations.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2009

  • WICHITA | A Wichita woman who accused a police officer of offering to get a case dismissed in exchange for sex apparently secretly recorded their conversations.

    Kansas City Star: Front Page 2009

  • WICHITA - Wichita police are warning local businesses to beware of a caller using a TTDY system to ask for help with car trouble.

    Kansas.com: -- Front 2009

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